Everett man charged in one of two homicides in Somerville, Cambridge

A 28-year-old Everett man has been arrested in connection to a homicide last month in Somerville that occurred just minutes after another shooting death in Cambridge.

On Oct. 14, two men were shot and killed within a seven-minute period in Cambridge and Somerville starting at 3:30 a.m., according to police.

Tony Harris has been arrested and charged in connection to the Somerville shooting of Kevin Raymond, 20, of Somerville, according to at Nov. 5 announcement from the Middlesex’s District Attorney’s Office. Detectives have not yet made an arrest in the Cambridge homicide.

When asked whether she could confirm the two fatal shootings were related, Elizabeth Vlock, a spokesperson for the Middlesex DA’s office, would only say that the Cambridge investigation remains open and ongoing.

When asked the same question, Jeremy Warnick, director of the communications department for the Cambridge Police Department, said it was a “legitimate” question, but directed all inquires to the DA’s Office.

Harris was arraigned Nov. 4 at Somerville District Court.

Background

The first homicide on the night of Oct. 14 took place on Windsor Street at Evereteze Way in Cambridge around 3:30 a.m. The victim was Ednilson Decosta, 28, of Dorchester, who was shot in a motor vehicle. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Just 2 miles away and seven minutes later, around 3:37 a.m., Raymond was shot in a parking lot on Canal Street in Somerville. He was driven to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

This is the first homicide in Cambridge since June 2016 when Anthony Clay, a father of three from the Port, was shot and killed on Harvard Street, police said.